Guyana News

A Corentyne man who was held in connection with the recent piracy attack off Suriname, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was charged with committing two robberies on the sea in 2015 and 2016.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday affirmed the acquittals of James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams, who in 2013 were found not guilty by a jury of the 2008 murders of 11 persons—including five children who were shot and killed during what has become known as the Lusignan massacre.

The motion brought by the Opposition PPP/C calling on Government to state what actions it has taken to collaborate with the Government of Suriname on Guyanese fishermen brutally attacked and some murdered by pirates in Surinamese waters on April 27th, was unanimously supported in the National Assembly last evening.

Police in St Kitts-Nevis are continuing investigations into the death of a 34-year-old Guyanese woman who was found in a house and one person has since been taken into custody.

After more than five hours of intense debate the National Assembly yesterday approved $2.5 billion in supplementary spending for the 2018 fiscal year.

Instead of freedom for Anthony Morrison—given that a jury for the third time around has been unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for the alleged murder of his reputed wife, the man now faces more time behind bars, owing to his attorney Maxwell McKay’s failure to inform the court that he had already faced two previous trials which ended in hung juries.

Although relatives are certain that the badly decomposed body which washed up on the Number 63 Beach, Corentyne, Berbice on Thursday is that of missing fisherman Gavin Outar, the police have taken samples from his older brother, in order to make a positive identification, before the body is released to relatives.

Six persons including three children are now homeless after a fire, believed to be an act of arson, yesterday morning destroyed the Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) house they were renting.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) agent yesterday testified to searching the properties of two of the drug trafficking accused, following the $550M cocaine bust at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo in May last year.

A 32-year-old mechanic was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of armed robbery, including a $2 million East Coast Demerara (ECD) heist, for which another man was charged on Thursday.

Help is on the horizon for residents of Festival City, North Ruimveldt who are plagued with poor drainage in their community, says Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

Steve Armstrong, the excavator operator who was charged with having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for the charges.

An early morning fire yesterday ripped through a Triumph, East Coast Demerara house which had been home to a woman and her two daughters.

As investigators continue their probe into a recent carjacking, two persons were on Thursday arrested by the police following the discovery of a stolen motorcar at Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast.

A 32-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly having in his possession an unlicenced firearm.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is appealing to residents and the business sector to join the council in its pre-independence clean-up campaign, which starts on May 20, 2018.

The application filed by former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon challenging her dismissal was yesterday thrown out by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George, SC who cited concurrent proceedings for identical reliefs before the Public Service Appellate Tribunal, as one of the grounds.

A man was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting his wife.

A $40M contract for the review of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Esso Exploration and Petroleum Guyana Limited (EEPGL)’s Liza Phase 2 development project was noted by Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

A 43-year-old mother of four was yesterday remanded to prison on a ganja trafficking charge.